siccityn.

Etymology: < Latin siccitas, < siccus dry: see -ity suffix. So French siccité (1425), Italian siccità.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsiccity.

? Obsolete.

Dryness; absence of moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun]

dryc1200

siccity1477

siccitude1599

parchedness1653

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 It is humor sollid constant with siccitie.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 76 Thick Liquor with us hath siccity.

1594 H. Plat Jewell-house (1653) i. 96 The eating of much salt..breeds barrennesse to mans body by the extream siccity thereof.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 288 Those sands, which a long calme disunites by reason of their siccitie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 172 The reason some..attempt to make out from the siccity and drines of its flesh.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 328 An undeniable Argument of its Frigidity, and thence a farther concomitant of its Siccity.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 186 If the blood retains its siccity, the people are struck with terror.

1782 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 350/1 Heat is the common property of fire and air,..siccity of earth and fire.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 290 This must..express not physical siccity, but that unfruitfulness which in the desert results from want of moisture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	siccity
释义	siccityn. Etymology: < Latin siccitas, < siccus dry: see -ity suffix. So French siccité (1425), Italian siccità.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsiccity. ? Obsolete. Dryness; absence of moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] dryc1200 siccity1477 siccitude1599 parchedness1653 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 It is humor sollid constant with siccitie. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 76 Thick Liquor with us hath siccity. 1594 H. Plat Jewell-house (1653) i. 96 The eating of much salt..breeds barrennesse to mans body by the extream siccity thereof. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 288 Those sands, which a long calme disunites by reason of their siccitie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 172 The reason some..attempt to make out from the siccity and drines of its flesh. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 328 An undeniable Argument of its Frigidity, and thence a farther concomitant of its Siccity. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 186 If the blood retains its siccity, the people are struck with terror. 1782 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 350/1 Heat is the common property of fire and air,..siccity of earth and fire. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 290 This must..express not physical siccity, but that unfruitfulness which in the desert results from want of moisture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1477
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